For the liberal-minded person, the protests against the Oresharski cabinet may be a reason for (rather) cautious optimism. The good thing about extremely brazen political actions is that they manage to illustrate the essence of the state for absolutely everyone with one grotesque example much better than countless articles and books on the subject.

Some time ago, Kalin Mikov commented that informed critics of libertarianism are practically nonexistent. Unfortunately, Dr. Svetoslav Salkin also fails in his attempt to fill the niche. Like his predecessors, yet another attack on libertarianism is not distinguished by information, let alone originality.

What happened yesterday in parliament is simply a consequence of the accumulation of such compromises with freedom. The good thing this time is that they went too far. Enough to provoke the first principled protest in Bulgaria in a long time

The fundamental reason behind these imbalances is the monetary policy of the US central bank – the so-called Federal Reserve (Fed). Increasing the money supply, reducing interest rates and buying government debt lead to excessive consumption, inflation of bubbles and growth of government spending and debt.

From a moral perspective, what are you forbidden to do to a stranger? You can't kill him. You can't assault him. You can't enslave him. Also, you can't rob him.

The alleged idea of making the Turkish (or mother tongue) language "mandatory" in public schools has received a lot of attention in recent days. A line from a pre-election rally of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms was used by the two antagonistic-allies parties (Ataka and DPS) for another series of manipulations of sensitive electoral groups, which they ...

Our editor Stoyan Panchev, together with the Institute for Market Economics, published a study on the middle class in Bulgaria. A definition is being sought that would allow for the measurement and characterization of people in the middle. See the Bulgarian version of the study.

Over the past week, bureaucrats have stepped on the gas in their misguided attempts to improve the world. We have seen tragicomic decisions, such as the ban on glass olive oil in the EU. This will hurt the sector, but it is unlikely to ruin it. The regulation may not even survive until it comes into force. While EU officials …

Over the past week, bureaucrats have stepped on the gas in their misguided attempts to improve the world. We have seen tragicomic decisions, such as the ban on glass olive oil in the EU. This will hurt the sector, but it is unlikely to ruin it. The regulation may not even survive until it comes into force. While EU officials …

The media is buzzing about yet another case of violence against emergency medical personnel. The familiar scenario is repeated – an ambulance arrives at the address and is met by a crowd of drunk/angry relatives or friends of the person in distress. What follows is a beating, an appearance on television, calls to become “better” or “more responsible”, outrage and so on until …